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Saturday, September 8, 2012

Does anyone still check this thing?

Well, if you do, I have a story for you.

So tonight Scout was in our bedroom playing on the computer, Rob was in the living room watching the football game, and I was in the kitchen reluctantly cleaning. Elle's eating corner was atrocious, I had made 2 batches of jam this afternoon and had made dinner, etc. Anyway, the kitchen was quite the job to get into shape and all I wanted to do was watch a movie and eat ice cream. But I dug in and I got all the dishes scraped and to the sink area, filled the sink with hot soapy water, and got on my gloves. I opened the dishwasher with my first ready plate and........... it was full of clean dishes. (Did I mention that emptying the dishwasher is my WORST kitchen chore? Well, I HATE it). I especially hate it when I am all set to load it and am surprised with the need to unload it first. So, when I made my unwelcome discovery I said (very loudly) "OH NO!" and I heard Scout yell something from the next room, but my ipod was playing and I didn't quite hear it, I just figured that she was wanting to know what was wrong, but Rob came into the kitchen laughing so hard with the obvious intention of sharing the laugh. So I stopped my ipod and asked him what she said and he answered, "Tivo pieces".

HAHA! Man that girl makes me laugh! I bet Mike Birbigula would get a big kick out of knowing that he has a little 7 year old fan.

8 comments:

It comes from a much beloved story from The Moth. I looked online to find a place where you can listen to this story and this is the best I can do (a replay of it on This American Life on Stitcher). The story starts at about 8 minutes in.

Oh, and I totally relate to your kitchen mess experience. Last night, after a HUGE housecleaning day and pulling weeds at our old house till after dark, I reluctantly tackled a dirty kitchen, knowing I'd be glad in the morning that I did it. I had a clean dishwasher, too! Lame sauce.

Yes, always glad you did it in the morning (and about 1 minute in really- you just have to get started.)

I love Scout's sense of humor, she seems to be getting grown up sense of humor pretty fast (probably because she is around so many grown ups). She certainly has her 7 year old side of it too though. I really just love picturing her sitting all alone, playing a game and hearing me say oh no, and her just yelling back Tivo pieces on cue. It's so great.